guò​wàng

beyond expectations

  • created sense approved 过望/過望 · guò​wàng · beyond expectations — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    过望 / 過望

    guò​wàng

    beyond expectations

    To exceed one's original hopes or expectations; to be better than anticipated.

    过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to exceed 望 (literal) → 望 · wàng · to hope

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 过望/過望 · guò​wàng · to hope for too much — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    过望 / 過望

    guò​wàng

    to hope for too much

    To harbor excessive expectations or to hope for more than is reasonable.

    过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to exceed 望 (literal) → 望 · wàng · to hope

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense